Buried in the data of The Business Journal's executive profile in our March 30th issue on Penny Gutekunst, the new chief development officer for the United Performing Arts Fund, is a note about one of her hobbies — watching NASCAR.

But Gutekunst is not the casual NASCAR fan. Mark Gutekunst, the oldest of her three sons, is crew chief for NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Johanna Long.

Long, a rookie who has raced in three of the five series races this season, sits in 24th place in the 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series standings.

Long has been touted as the next Danica Patrick, the Beloit native and IndyCar-turned-NASCAR phenomenon. Long drives the No. 70 Biomet/Foretravel Motor Coach Chevrolet for ML Motorsports, a Warsaw, Ind., team founded in 1998 by Mary Louise Miller, one of the few women to own a team competing among the sport's highest levels.

Mark Gutekunst, 28, has been with ML Motorsports for the last several years, working his way up from building cars and serving as "jack man" during races, Penny Gutekunst says. He was promoted to crew chief in April 2011.

Gutekunst's other two sons are professionals in the business world. John, 26, is senior corporate credit analyst for HSBC Bank, working at the bank's Miami offices. Paul, 24, is a web developer for Milwaukee technology firm Trillitech, whose clients have included Johnsonville Sausage and Dippin' Dots.

"I should have my cars, my finances and my computers covered for the rest of my life," their mother says.